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X-Rite Announces Two Free July Webinars
Tuesday 24. July 2012 - Online educational tutorials provide photographers with basic information, insights, and tips to achieve color control, consistency and creativity in their digital imaging workflow
X-Rite Photo Marketing announces its schedule of July 2012 Webinars that have been developed to address specific color management topics and are designed to appeal to both professional and serious amateur photographers.
Two free Webinars this month are sure to help photographers gain new confidence and to learn quick, easy and powerful ways to enhance their color workflow and improve their landscape photography. Webinar attendees will also have the opportunity to ask questions to the live trainers.
“With summer vacations on everyone’s minds X-Rite’s July Webinar series focuses on getting the most out of landscape photography,” said Mark Rezzonico, vice president, X-Rite Photo Marketing. “Professional Photographer Joe Brady will host two different webinars this month that will help photographers using Lightroom 4 as well as Photoshop, get the best possible landscape images. Joe will also be able to answer color management questions.”
July Webinar Schedule
Tuesday, July 24, 2012, 11:00 AM and 1:00 PM EDT
Landscape Image Edits and Enhancements in Lightroom 4
Adobe’s new Lightroom 4 offers new options for editing and output that make this a must-have upgrade for Lightroom users. In this free webinar, Professional Photographer Joe Brady will explore both basic and advanced image editing techniques in this new update. During this session, he’ll focus on the new editing capabilities offered in this upgrade. (In future sessions, Joe Brady will explore the new modules and Lightroom file organization.)
One of the new additions to Lightroom 4 is its ability to soft-proof. Now users can choose their printer profile and see what effects it will have on the printed image. This makes monitor profiling and accurate printer profiles an important feature of Lightroom 4’s workflow.
Topics that will be covered include:
Why monitor color is important for Lightroom 4
Image edits and batch processing including:
Global image edits
Local color and light adjustments with Lightroom 4’s new options
Retouching
Composition
Image sharpening, noise reduction and lens profiles
Preparing files for lab printing
Tuesday, July 31, 2012, 11:00 AM and 1:00 PM EDT
Edit & Enhance Landscape Images in Photoshop
During this hour long webinar featuring Professional Photographer Joe Brady, attendees will learn how to enhance landscape images using Adobe Photoshop. In this free webinar Joe Brady will share some of his favorite techniques and processes to bring out the beauty in landscape photography.
There are times when photographing landscapes when the weather and atmosphere just doesn’t seem to want to cooperate. During this session, Joe will share his workflow, decision-making process and enhancement techniques to bring life into image files that just don’t match the beauty and spirit of the scene the way the photographer remembered it.
Following a short discussion about workstation color and calibration, Joe will show attendees step-by-step Photoshop edits that they can put to work right away to bring life and drama back into their landscape images.
Topics that will be covered include:
Monitor color for consistent results
Image edits from minor to major including:
Using Adobe Camera Raw – even with JPEGs
Exposure, contrast and Light shaping
Global and local color adjustments
Compositing new skies
Composition
Removing unwanted elements from an image
Image sharpening options
Preparing files for lab printing